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Forced thermal ratchets.

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In this paper, the authors considered a Brownian particle in a periodic potential under heavy damping and showed that if the particle is subject to an external force having time correlations, detailed balance is lost and the particle can exhibit a nonzero net drift speed.
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We consider a Brownian particle in a periodic potential under heavy damping. The second law forbids it from displaying any net drift speed, even if the symmetry of the potential is broken. But if the particle is subject to an external force having time correlations, detailed balance is lost and the particle can exhibit a nonzero net drift speed. Thus, broken symmetry and time correlations are sufficient ingredients for transport.

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Mechanics of motor proteins

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Analysis of high resolution recordings of motor movement

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Interacting particles on a rocked ratchet: rectification by condensation.

TL;DR: The transport of interacting particles subject to an external low-frequency ac force on a ratchetlike asymmetric substrate is studied via a nonlinear Fokker-Planck equation as well as via numerical simulations.
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Fluctuation Dissipation Relation for a Langevin Model with Multiplicative Noise

TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that the fluctuation-dissipation relation is satisfied in the Langevin model, if the noise strength is not so strong, which is not the case in this paper.
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Brownian motion and gambling: from ratchets to paradoxical games

TL;DR: This paper reviews this paradox, from Brownian ratchets to the most recent studies on collective games, providing some intuitive explanations of the unexpected phenomena that will find along the way.
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Stochastic processes in physics and chemistry

TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduce the Fokker-planck equation, the Langevin approach, and the diffusion type of the master equation, as well as the statistics of jump events.

Stochastic Processes in Physics and Chemistry

Abstract: Preface to the first edition. Preface to the second edition. Abbreviated references. I. Stochastic variables. II. Random events. III. Stochastic processes. IV. Markov processes. V. The master equation. VI. One-step processes. VII. Chemical reactions. VIII. The Fokker-Planck equation. IX. The Langevin approach. X. The expansion of the master equation. XI. The diffusion type. XII. First-passage problems. XIII. Unstable systems. XIV. Fluctuations in continuous systems. XV. The statistics of jump events. XVI. Stochastic differential equations. XVII. Stochastic behavior of quantum systems.
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Molecular Cell Biology

TL;DR: Molecular cell biology, Molecular cell biology , مرکز فناوری اطلاعات و اصاع رسانی, کδاوρزی
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The Fokker-Planck Equation: Methods of Solution and Applications

Hannes Risken
TL;DR: In this paper, the Fokker-Planck Equation for N Variables (FPE) was extended to N = 1 variable and N = 2 variables, where N is the number of variables in the system.